Bootstrap Your Life

In this final episode of this  3-part series, I speak about senior hires and the most important thing to find when bringing people into your business. 
 
This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.
 
If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.
 
Reach me on my other social channels here: 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivercookson/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivercookson
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrolivercookson/
Timestamps: 
 
2:45 - 10:30  - Making my first senior hires
10:30 - 12:10 - Making your people work well together
12:10 - 17:35 -  The interview process

Throughout August, I received a lot of questions around hiring. 
 
The topic and answer deserves a lot of detail, and last week I started to go into it on what was the first of a 3-part episode run on how to hire for scaling a business, and here is the second part. 
 
This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.
 
If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.
 
Reach me on my other social channels here: 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivercookson/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivercookson
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrolivercookson/
Timestamps:
1:50 - 2:36 - Why sales and marketing hires came last
2:36 -  5:20 - Advice for your early hires
5:20 - 8:10 -  What makes a bad hire
8:10 - 9:30 -  The danger in recruiting people too quickly
9:30 - 13:00 - The importance of passion in a hire
13:00 - 16:35 - What company culture should be focused on

Without question, one of the most important factors in the success of any business is your ability to hire the right people. 
 
With this being such an important topic, I wanted to cover it in depth and have made this a 3-part episode, with the first episode being the start of covering the hiring process. 
 
This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.
 
If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.
Reach me on my other social channels here: 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivercookson/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivercookson
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrolivercookson/
Timestamps: 
0:00 - 5:29 - Intro
5:30 -  8:27 - The importance of hiring
8:27 - 9:30 -  Why you would hire and understanding yourself
9:31 - 15:07 -  The first hires at Myprotein

Last week I spoke about mental health in business, and the question deserved an in-depth answer, so I decided to make it a two-part episode. 
 
Hopefully sharing these thoughts and my story will help somebody in some way, that’s the reason for doing this. I also made an important announcement on the podcast. 
 
Without further ado, here is that second part. 
 
If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.
Timestamps: 

2:22 - 3:08  - An important announcement on the podcast
5:28 - 15:45 - Mental health in entrepreneurship part two

Building a business, especially bootstrapping, can bring a pressure, stress and loneliness that will test any human at times. 
 
When you’re flying high and things are going great, it’s all roses but it’s impossible in any business to not have moments that can be out of your control and test your limits. In this episode, I shared some of the difficult moments in my journey and what it’s taught me
 
If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.
Timestamps: 
1:25 - 3:00 - The customer referral system for Myprotein
5:35 - 13:10 - Mental health in entrepreneurship